N-cadherin prodomain cleavage regulates
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Nazlie S. Latefi; Liliana Pedraza; Anne Schohl; Ziwei Li; Edward S. Ruthazer
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Article
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2009
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract Cadherins are initially synthesized bearing a prodomain that is thought to limit adhesion during early stages of biosynthesis. Functional cadherins lack this prodomain, raising the intriguing possibility that cells may utilize prodomain cleavage as a means to temporally or spatially reg